Game Of Thrones author hints at massive Red Wedding shock twist

The Rains Of Castermere episode from season three featured a brutal twist ending – but could there be another sting in the tail? (Picture: Sky)

Game Of Thrones fans still traumatised by the events of the Red Wedding may finally have reason to be cheerful.

George RR Martin left a cryptic clue on a message board hinting that not all is as it seems in the bloody conclusion to the third season of the HBO show and A Storms Of Swords; the third book in his A Song Of Ice And Fire fantasy series.

The author, infamous for leaving hints online about the future direction of events in Westeros and for leading the plot in unexpected directions, suggested that not everyone who appeared to have died at Edmure Tully’s wedding may be gone for good.

In a comment now mysteriously deleted by moderators in a discussion about the Red Wedding, GRRM – using one of various forum aliases EyelkeTokik – wrote ‘Valar morghulis?‘.

As every student of High Valyrian knows, the phrase translates to ‘all men must die’ and is taught to Arya Stark by Jaqen H’ghar in Harrenhal.

The cryptic message was left on this forum, which we have taken a frustratingly small picture of (Picture: AWOIAF)

The addition of the question mark at the end of the phrase had fans rushing to work out its meaning – and they have now arrived at some frankly unbelievable conclusions.

It is thought that the author was specifically referring to the TV adaptation of his novels and not the books themselves, as that was the topic of discussion in the forum.

Robb Stark and his wife Talisa – a character not in the books – both died in the marital massacre, but there is fevered speculation that George RR Martin’s comment could refer to their unborn child, despite his mother dying after being stabbed in the womb.

If this baby – presumably a boy based on the use of ‘Valar morghulis’ – was to somehow have miraculously survived, not an improbable occurrence in a land where dragons and ice zombies co-exist, it would effectively by the heir to the North.

A Storm Of Swords was originally published in 2000 but many, many fans of the TV show had no idea about the distressing scenes of the Red Wedding prior to its brutal unfolding in episode nine of season three.

If Robb’s heir – who Talisa suggested would be named after Sean Bean’s character Eddard Stark – did somehow survive the butchery it would provide some consolation for fans of the Starks, who have seen the noble house brought to ruin by betrayal in the first three seasons.

It is thought that the thread was deleted from the forum due to pressure from HBO, which would be loath to reveal massive spoilers from the new season.

Of course the suggestion that someone unexpectedly survived the Red Wedding might just be the latest in a long line of feints by the notoriously whimsical GRMM.

A spokesperson for HBO would only say ‘valar dohaeris‘.

Season four of Game Of Thrones begins in five days on April 6.

Dear reader, in case it wasn’t painfully obvious already this was an hilarious example of April Fools’ Day content. George RR Martin’s purported message board username EyelkeTokik is Dothraki for ‘spring fool’. Furthermore, the premise of this story is, frankly, ridiculous.